Yahoo

IDF halts training for female combat drivers

The decision is controversial as the High Court of Justice has pressed the military to open more, not fewer, tracks for women in combat. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced on Thursday ...
Yahoo

Women of war: The IDF female combat soldiers guarding the Israeli-Egyptian border

Two female soldiers, K and Y – who serve in this capacity – are among the women making a significant impact on the front lines. In a world where combat roles in the military are still largely ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

IDF declares trial of women combat engineers in elite Yahalom unit a success

During 2.5-year pilot program, female soldiers joined hundreds of engineering operations in Gaza and northern front, army ...
WUNC

As the Pentagon reexamines women in combat, female veterans consider it a settled issue

Ten years ago, amid sometimes bitter debate, the first women began the Army's notoriously hard Ranger infantry training program. The same year, combat jobs across the military were opened to female ...
Times of San Diego

Women have served in combat roles for a decade; the Pentagon is reopening the debate

The first three female rangers in 2015, from left: Capt. Kristen Griest, Maj. Lisa Jaster and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver. (Photo by Capt. Olivia Cobiskey-Haftmann/Office of the Secretary of Defense Public ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

IDF deems pilot program integrating female recruits into elite Yahalom unit a success

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Time

Why Not All-Female Combat Units?

The question isn’t should women be in combat — it’s how. As a male combat veteran of two tours in Iraq with infantry units, the view from here is that women should have their own, separate, combat ...
WAMC

A Brief History Of Women In Combat

1 of 12 — Young women learn how to charge an enemy with rifles and bayonets at their high school in Tokyo, Feb. 18, 1937. Japan trained women and girls for auxiliary army units. 2 of 12 — Jewish women ...
The Gazette

Hegseth sparks debate on combat standards, female vet says generations worked for integration

Spc. Jess Wolmuth from the Nevada Army National Guard gets ready to hurl a practice grenade during the afternoon training session. Courtesy Army National Guard The job of a Cavalry Scout is to operate ...
Time

Women in Combat: Listening to Those Who Have Been There

When I heard Leon Panetta’s announcement about lifting the combat restrictions on women in the military, I immediately thought of former Army National Guard Sergeant Paigh Bumgarner. Bumgarner had ...
Sacramento State University

Women of Sac State’s Combat U fight stereotypes, bring home championships

Aranjot Kaur has always been a fighter. An accomplished mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete in India with a 3-0 record and national championship, Kaur began training at 14. She attributes much of her ...